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Soaker is an AK – AK-47 Aqua Fire Water Rifle

by Jay Garrett on March 20, 2010

Super Soakers are fun and there has been some ‘cool’ designs but if I’m looking to get into a water fight I’m opting for this AK!

Say hello to my WMD (weapon of mass drenching) of choice: the AK-47 Aqua Fire.

This soggy shooter is equipped with a battery powered motorised trigger capable of firing 4 “bullets” of water every second and an easy reload mechanism. Gone is the furious pumping to get the pressure and instead of having to shove it under the tap to refil just sling in a full water ammo clip.

The AK-47 Aqua Fire is actually fully licensed from M.T. Kalashnikov, the makers of the actual AK-47.

Features:

  • No pumping required
  • Fully motorised
  • Shoots 4 bullets of water every second
  • Safety switch
  • Clear casing to see the auto-fire mechanism
  • Holds approximately 300ml
  • Clip holds enough water for approximately 60 seconds of continuous firing
  • Requires 4 x AA Batteries (Not included)
  • Approximate dimensions 350 x 230 x 45mm
  • Range of up to 8 metres

Get one from Gadgets.co.uk for £19.99

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Commodore 64 Revived with New Powers and Performance

by Jay Garrett on March 19, 2010

Every geek of a certain age will remember the now classic Commodore 64.

It was at the height of 8 bit technology when it appeared in 1982 and over the following 12 years 17 million of the them were sold!

The new C64 will be sporting Intel’s 64-bit quad-core microprocessors and 3D graphics capabilities upto 500GB of hard drive storage and 4GB of RAM. Also included are a DVD-RW drive, a touchpad, four USB ports, a Gigabit Ethernet port and a DVI (Digital Visual Interface) port to connect monitors – all this is squeezed into the all-in-one’s keyboard that measures 17.5 inches (44 cm) wide and 2 inches (0.5 cm) tall.

Commodore said. “It’s designed to take up far less room — and use far less energy — than any other desktop computer,” Commodore USA said. The PC will run the Linux, Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.

Commodore USA’s online store is due to open June 1 offering the new edition. Obviously they’re hoping that trading on the licensed Commodore name will envoke all those fond memories.

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Min-Kyu Choi Wins Design Award with Skinny Plug – Big Genius

March 18, 2010 Click to read more →
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You know the simple things are generally the best.
This redesign of the good ol’ British three-pin plug trounced the competition that included a twin-seat electric aircraft to the late Alexander McQueen’s last fashion collection!
Min-Kyu Choi’s rethinking of the safe yet bulky, fuse packing, plug has won the 2010 Brit Insurance Design of the Year award. [...]

Victorinox Challenges UK Hackers to Win £100,000 and Prove They’re Better Than USA

March 18, 2010 Click to read more →
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Victorinox, makers of the Swiss Army Knife, have a gadgety challenge for all you hackers and programmers.
They are launching a unique gadget specifically designed to keep your valuable and confidential documents private, The Victorinox Secure Pro and they’re boasting that it’s “completely un-hackable”.
Victorinox are so sure of themselves that they’re waving a £100,000 prize in [...]

UK Shoppers Gadgety Change in Taste

March 17, 2010 Click to read more →
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The Office for National Statistics has refreshed its hypothetical shopping basket again.
Alongside the addition of liquid soap, cereal bars and garlic bread (it’s the future!) comes the arrival of the more gadgety Blu-ray player!
If you’re not sure what all this is about the ONS updates this rather huge ‘basket’ to reflect the average urban consumer’s [...]

Three has Sony Vivaz HD Recording Phone – Spotify Preloaded but no Membership

March 16, 2010 Click to read more →
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The Sony Ericsson Vivaz has landed at the 3 store and with the promised Spotify.
Three has included the Spotify Symbian app all preloaded for you but Premium membership will come out of your own pocketses.
Yup, a bit of a kick in the teeth if you were expecting a similar deal to the HTC Hero 3 [...]

T3 Push Tablet PC Design Forwards with Medion and The Alloy

March 15, 2010 Click to read more →
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It can’t have passed you by that Tablet puters seem to becoming de rigueur recently with the likes of iPad, Courier, Streak and even PSP Tablet, etc
Well, those gadgety lovers over at T3 have had a chat with The Alloy and Medion and together have come up with their own rather nice spin on the [...]

Get Apple iPad in UK Before Anyone else Without Leaving the Country

March 12, 2010 Click to read more →
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If you like the idea of flashing an Apple iPad around Blighty before the rest of the fanboys and girls but would rather not have to fly stateside to make it so then here’s the answer my gadgety faithful.
Slip in your order to www.bundlebox.com from right now because pre-ordering is now on over the pond. [...]

iPhone 4G Leaked Pics or Return to Render?

March 12, 2010 Click to read more →
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Now leaks are one thing and, being the untrusting fellow that I am, even though I want these shots of the iPhone 4G to be real I can’t help but shout ‘render!’.
True; plenty of work has gone into this and the exposed brickwork setting is very tasteful but something isn’t sitting right.
I like the idea [...]

Sharp Aquos Quattron TV Brings in Yellow Fourth Pixel – RGBY

March 10, 2010 Click to read more →
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I was 31 floors up in Centre Point on Tuesday to witness Sharp’s new line of televisions which, for the first time in tele history, is rocking a fourth, yellow, sub pixel joining its red, green, and blue buddies.
Sharp is waiting before joining the possible ‘fad’ of 3D and is instead looking to make large [...]

LEGO Green Toy Story Mini-Fig Soldiers – Prepare to Want

March 9, 2010 Click to read more →
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You’ve probably seen Toy Story right?
Even if you’ve somehow managed to avoid the computer generated animated flick you may have played with those cheap green plastic soldiers – if you happen to be a certain cousin of mine you probably also set fire to them at some point too!
Well, the genii at LEGO have only [...]

Sony PSP Phone and Tablet may Become Reality

March 8, 2010 Click to read more →
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The mythical PSP Phone as well as an iPad baiting tablet may well slip out from Sony – Well, that’s how the Wall Street Journal sees it.
Sony CEO Howard Stringer is looking towards Apple for inspiration in order to bring success back to Sony’s door.
The Japanese company is already making steps with its Sony Online [...]

Apple iPad UK Release Date Clarified

March 8, 2010 Click to read more →
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Apple has almost come up with a definite UK release date for their iPad.
Where stateside gadgety fans will be able to pounce on the new Wi-Fi tablet on April 3rd and the 3G version later the same month we in the UK will get both by the end of April.
US customers can pre-order the Wi-Fi [...]

Sony ICG-CL75iP Dream Machine – Hands on Review

March 5, 2010 Click to read more →
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I’m a fan of gadgety convergence – especially when it makes sense. Just look at the Tefal Toast n Egg
So when I was told that I could have a test run of a clock radio I was a bit like ‘wow – that’s never been done before! I bet it doesn’t [...]

Sony MDR-NC300D Noise Cancelling Earphones – Ears on Review

March 1, 2010 Click to read more →
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I feel that I should be fair and state at the start of this review that I’m a headphones not an earphones man.
So, when I received a package containing Sony’s catchily named MDR-NC300D noise cancelling earphones I couldn’t help but pity the little mite.
I’ve never bothered with noise cancelling cans as I generally go for [...]

Mio Moov V780 is a SatNav That Wants to be a Hi-Def Netbook

March 1, 2010 Click to read more →
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The Mio Moov V780 is one of those curiosities that’ll either take the market by storm or is doomed to sit in the corner of the store.
Mio are hoping that they’ve spotted a gap in the market for a SatNav that’s also capable of chucking out hi-def video through a HDMI slot or onto its [...]

MiLi iPhone Pico Projector Now on Sale in UK

February 28, 2010 Click to read more →
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Remember the MiLi projector? The pico that’s been specially designed to chuck images from your iPhone or iPod onto a nearby wall?
Well, IWOOT now has them in stock which means if you want to throw a 70 inch image on to a clear, flat vertical surface you’re in luck.
To see your stored pics or videos [...]

10 Billion iTunes Downloads! Bands Missing in Mass Music Market.

February 25, 2010 Click to read more →
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It’s happened!
10,000,000,000 songs have been sold through iTunes.
So, who’s top of the iPops then?
Guitarists, look away now as there’s not much evidence of axe-weilding amongst the 20 most-downloaded iTunes songs of all time.
The only ‘real’ bands spotted in the charts are Coldplay (in at 5 with Vida la Vida) and Plain White Ts (in [...]

iPad Preorders Start on Thursday

February 23, 2010 Click to read more →
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Love it or question its point – you can’t ignore the Apple iPad.
No matter which side of the fence you stand you can’t argue the fact that it will sell millions.
If you are jonesing for some fruity tablet time the joyous day may almost be at hand!
Rumours have surfaced that the Apple iPad pre-orders will [...]

GorillaPod Magnetic – Guess What’s New?

February 18, 2010 Click to read more →
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Everybody’s favourite go-anywhere tripod, the GorillaPod, has just gotten even more versatile!
The bendy tripod has now got magnetic feet meaning that no metallic surface is safe from being mounted by a camera – so to speak.
GorillaPod Magnetic is still the same posable marvel that we all know and love from the ankles up; but should [...]

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